UN rights experts call on Iran to halt imminent executions of Iranian Kurds
گزارشگران ویژه حقوق بشر سازمان ملل: حکومت ایران اجرای حکم زندانیان سیاسی کرد را فوراً متوقف کند
September 8, 2018
Iran Human Rights (IHR); Sep 7, 2018:
Javaid Rehman, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the
Islamic Republic of Iran, and Agnes Callamard, Special Rapporteur on
extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, have appealed to Iran to halt
the imminent executions of Iranian Kurd prisoners Zanyar Moradi, Loghman Moradi and Ramin Hossein Panahi.
Earlier today, IHR had called for immediate international reactions to stop the possible executions.
The full statement:
GENEVA (7 September 2018) – UN human rights experts have
appealed to Iran to halt the imminent executions of Iranian Kurd prisoners
Zanyar and Loghman Moradi, amid serious concerns that they did not receive a
fair trial and were tortured during pre-trial detention. They also reiterated
calls to halt the execution of Mr. Ramin Hossein Panahi.
“We urge the Government of Iran to immediately halt their
executions and to annul the death sentences against them in compliance with its
international obligations,” the experts said in a joint statement, following
reports that they will be executed on 8 September.
“We are alarmed by information received that Zanyar and
Loghman Moradi suffered human rights violations before and during their trial,
including torture and other ill-treatment and denial of access to a lawyer,”
they said. The two men are cousins.
“The death sentences were imposed after judicial
proceedings which do not appear to have fulfilled the most stringent guarantees
of fair trial and due process, which are required under international human
rights law,” the experts said.
They also expressed concerns over the condition of Zanyar
Moradi who has reportedly suffered serious health complications since his
initial period of detention when he was repeatedly tortured and ill-treated.
The experts also expressed concern after receiving
information indicating that another Kurdish prisoner held at the same prison,
Mr. Panahi, will be executed at the same time. They reiterated
previous calls to halt his execution and annul his death sentence in
light of the reports that he did not receive a fair trial and has been tortured
in detention.
Zanyar and Loghman Moradi were arrested in August 2009
for the alleged murder of the son of an Imam in Marivan, Kurdistan province.
Reports received indicate that they were detained at Sanandaj Intelligence
Detention Centre for a period of nine months after their arrest. During this
time, no formal charges were brought against them, and they were unable to
challenge the legality of their detention.
They were subjected to torture and other ill-treatment
including severe beatings and being tied up in restricted stress positions.
They were also threatened with rape in order to compel them to confess to the
murder. They were subsequently transferred to a number of other locations and
thereafter to Raja’i Shahr prison in Karaj in December 2010 where they have
since remained on death row.
In December 2010, Branch 15 of the revolutionary court in
Tehran sentenced them to death by public hanging on charges related
to moharebeh (“enmity against God”) and involvement in the murder.
The trial apparently lasted only 20 minutes and they were denied access to a
lawyer during the pre-trial and trial proceedings. During the trial, they both
denied the charges in court and explained that they had confessed to the crimes
only due to torture following their initial arrest. The Supreme Court
subsequently upheld their convictions, and no investigation was undertaken into
the claims of torture.
Zanyar Moradi has suffered severe chest and back pain, as
well as a broken rib following the ill-treatment he was subjected to, and has
been admitted to hospital on a number of occasions as a result during his
imprisonment.
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